granny glasses

Example Sentences

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I wore one of my go-ahead-underestimate-me suits complete with purple granny glasses.

From Slate • May 28, 2022

Photos of the future first couple from their university years — granny glasses, peacoats, shaggy hair — reinforced an image of the baby boomers ascending to power.

From Washington Post • Oct. 17, 2016

His eyewear — which consisted of asymmetrical '80s shades, granny glasses and third-eye sunnies and bested any performer this side of Elton John — perfectly highlighted his waxed eyebrows and makeup-clad face.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2016

In 1993 she was struck by his "eyes shining with idealism behind his granny glasses".

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2014

Behind his granny glasses his eyes looked bland, but the mind behind them was working things out.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides